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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Beck not deactivated her old cell phone?

2. Why does Beck need to go to IKEA?

3. Joe is disappointed by the many people who read what?

4. What is full of stolen items?

5. What happens while Joe is inside Beck's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe meet Beck? What does Joe think about her?

2. Who is Candace and what does the reader know about her?

3. What happened while Joe was being punished by Mr. Mooney?

4. Why does Beck become angry in the subway station?

5. How does Joe dispose of Benji?

6. What special gift does Beck give Joe? Why?

7. What information does Joe learn about Beck after meeting her? How does he learn this information?

8. How do Joe and Peach get along when they first meet? What does Joe discover inside Peach's house?

9. What enables Joe to monitor Beck's communications with others?

10. Who interrupts Joe and Beck as they are assembling her bed? What is the outcome of this interruption?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Near the end of the novel, Joe remarks, “you should own what you love, it’s that simple.” How does he live this idea? What are the positive effects of living by this idea? What are the negative effects?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Joe’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is he protective? In what ways is he predatory?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the importance of character names in the novel. Choose three characters (Beck, Benji, Dr. Nicky, the Captain, Peach, or Karen Minty) and discuss how each’s name holds a significant, deeper meaning.

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